{"product_id":"from-fields-to-railways-antony-david-davies-9798298802666","title":"From Fields to Railways: The Jenkins Family and the Making of Working-Class Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Fields to Railways: The Jenkins Family and the Making of Working-Class Britain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Antony David Davies FRSA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the hop fields of Herefordshire to the steam-filled workshops of Crewe, this is the story of one family's journey through a century of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jenkins family began as agricultural labourers in the Lugg Valley, living lives marked by poverty, resilience, and the constant struggle for survival. In the mid-nineteenth century they left the fields behind, moving first to North Wales and then to Crewe - a town built entirely around the London \u0026amp; North Western Railway. There, their sons became part of Britain's railway generation, men and women whose work, discipline, and endurance helped shape modern industrial society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on parish registers, census records, newspapers, trade union lists, and family photographs, Antony David Davies reconstructs the lives of ordinary people whose stories rarely find a place in history books. Alongside tales of tragedy - accidents on the line, childhood illness, and hardship in the steelworks - are stories of aspiration and mobility, as later generations moved into clerical work, teaching, and even overseas railway service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a family history and a social history, \u003ci\u003eFrom Fields to Railways\u003c\/i\u003e captures the dignity of working-class life in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It is a book about resilience, respectability, and belonging - about how the everyday struggles of ordinary families helped build the foundations of modern Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antony David Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798298802666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Antony David Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997097963775,"sku":"9798298802666","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-fields-to-railways-antony-david-davies-9798298802666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}